Hardware - September 2007

Can Intel 915P Chipset upgrade to Core 2 Duo from a Pentium 4? Because I have a lot of lag when using Adobe After Effects when doing a major project.

2007-09-19 22:55:26 · 2 answers · asked by Dillonp23 2 in Desktops

i want to buy a loptop but i don't which one is really better for me to use .. i need some of your response guys thanks.

2007-09-19 22:37:11 · 3 answers · asked by jentorres 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-09-19 22:34:29 · 2 answers · asked by gracie c 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-09-19 22:07:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Is it necessary to get the extended warranty on a Sony Vaio laptop? I had a really bad experience with a Toshiba Satellite where having the extended warranty saved me over $1800 (I'm not exaggerating). I don't think that's a common thing, but what do you think about extended warranties on laptops, specifically Sony's?

2007-09-19 21:44:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

What do you do with the two? I was going to hook two cuz i have two LCD monitors but there is no way to use the onboard VGA and a PCI-Express card at the same time is there?

2007-09-19 21:08:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

Almost all external hard drives without power cords have a rotation speed of 5400 RPM or less. And the rare external hard drives without power cords that have a 7200 RPM have a ridiculously tiny amount of storage.

Also, why don't hard drives without power cords go above 200GB? What exactly is the power constraint?

2007-09-19 20:05:09 · 6 answers · asked by Jon 4 in Other - Hardware

i have a pcchips p23g v3.0 motherboard now my motherboard supports DDR 333mhz and 400mhz and DDR2 400 mhz and 533mhz and iam using kingstons 768 DDR 333mhz and ive tryed this ram from a hp media center it was some off brand name it was 1gb DDR 400mhz and the computer dident even start and then ive put back my 768 kingston DDR 333mhz and it started again perfect now i want to upgrade the ram to kingston 1gb DDR2 533mhz but i want to know if my computer will start kingston has worked for me but the off brand ram dident even work it was from the hp media center DDR 400mhz why was that it's like the motherboard is picky on ram will my motherboard run with kingston 1gb DDR2 533mhz


and my cpu is a intel celeron d 351 3.20ghz i was shocked how good this has been ive heard alot on the celeron d that it was crap but my friends got one and he plays games on it and everything i just use it for makeing and burning dvds/cds and sufing the internet but i make great videos and pics so iam happy

2007-09-19 20:04:43 · 1 answers · asked by F K 1 in Add-ons

So whenever I turn my computer monitor to the right, it gets a screen as though I am holding a magnet up to it. Why is it doing this? I've moved virtually every single thing away from my monitor, at least 4 feet for everything, and it still does it. What's worse. It did the same thing in my old house. The only things I don't move are my computer tower, and my external hard drive, which obviously wouldn't have any magnets in them. Anyway, does a monitor really know when you are turning it? It does it whether I pick it up and turn it, or turn it using the "turn table" connected to the monitor. Anyway, why would it do this? It's fine if I turn my desk. It only does this when I turn my monitor. It's so annoying because I want to turn it so I can see it from my bed.

Thanks for the help,

Matt

2007-09-19 20:00:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2007-09-19 19:17:30 · 4 answers · asked by Keith S 1 in Other - Hardware

Hello, I'm going to restore my computer with the restore disk but I need to know if I need to have anything besides the disk to restore it? On my last computer when i restored it i had to type in some sort of number, will I need to type in a number for this computer and where can i find that number.

I have an emachines by the way

2007-09-19 18:01:11 · 2 answers · asked by Brooke H 1 in Desktops

Looking for another external drive. I bought the My Book 500 gig from Western Digital and it lasted three weeks...then refused to boot. I am looking for suggestions outside of Western Digital. So please... those of you who have working MY Books...refrain from telling me how you bought ten for your network and a year later all work well and how all you have used is WD and how you never have problems...I am looking for suggestions for drives NOT made by Western Digital. Your help if you please? Thanks.

2007-09-19 17:21:32 · 1 answers · asked by Zholla 7 in Add-ons

What should I take out of one to put in the other? Or would it be best to directly connect them together?

2007-09-19 16:17:49 · 5 answers · asked by timmarlowe53 1 in Desktops

I'm purchasing a Notebook so I can actually be around the family while I play games, rather than a hermit in my room. However, I want the best gaming laptop I can afford, and I'm not a fan of Intel, so I'm going with AMD.

Now, AMD has released Turion. I don't know anything about it other than it saves battery life, but does that mean it's not as powerful as Athlon?

Please help, I'm a heavy gamer trying to build a laptop from HP, and I don't know if I should choose Turion or Athlon for my processor.

Keep in mind I'll be gaming the entire time.

Thanks!

2007-09-19 16:07:34 · 4 answers · asked by xjakexsaid 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

really slow is there something i can do to it to make it run fast again

2007-09-19 14:52:16 · 7 answers · asked by rock r 1 in Desktops

i had a small form barebone, running intel socket 478. it stopped turning on last week, i was pretty sure it was the power supply. No fan, would turn off as it tried to start...

so i got another sff barebone off ebay. I put the ram, cpu, hd
from the old into the "used" ebay sff.

Now when i try to boot, it turns on, turns off, the first couple of times i got this pink/green screen and powered down.

Now it just fires up and turns off after beeping once. I was checking the bios beep code...looks like it just the "attempt to boot" standard beep.

Anyways...is this a problem with my cpu all along? does the pink screen mean i got a bad video card on the new system?

help!!!!

thanks!

2007-09-19 14:49:10 · 2 answers · asked by injux 1 in Desktops

2007-09-19 14:43:26 · 4 answers · asked by nellkoda02 1 in Desktops

I Need A Good Average For A Nice Computer built By Scratch,

Maybe some Good Computer Around $200 - $400

It Would Help, Btw, Give me A Website With The Best But Cheapest Good Parts, And Ill Check it out,

2007-09-19 14:37:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-09-19 14:26:43 · 1 answers · asked by thomasl 6 in Laptops & Notebooks

Ok as of today my sound has disappeared lol. at first it started with my headphone jack...i thought it was just my headphones messing up but now could it be the laptop??

i have:
dell 1505
windows XP

2007-09-19 14:26:17 · 2 answers · asked by stlchic06 2 in Other - Hardware

ok i have a insperon 8500 and i want to play a game that requires 32 mb of video memory and i only have like 16 and i want to upgrade

here's a pic of what the video card should look like

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/sid14236/videocard.jpg


plzzz help

2007-09-19 14:24:07 · 3 answers · asked by Michael L 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Most games require that you have an ATI X800 or NVIDIA 6800 display adapter with 256 MB of RAM. Does this mean that I need to get a new video card or just a downloadable/purchasable driver or program? Please help me because I really don't want to spend money I don't need to!

2007-09-19 14:23:39 · 3 answers · asked by Tony 4 in Add-ons

im planning on getting a new graphic card. 8800 seem pretty awesome. i don't know which one i should get ( GTX. GTS or Ultra) . and i don't know if these cards are compatible with my PC. my motherboards number is ( MS1C75S33001203 ) can anyone tell me if 8800 will fit with my PC? my PC name
( HP-Pavilion GC674AA-ABA m8120n)

thanks

2007-09-19 14:22:33 · 3 answers · asked by Victor 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-09-19 14:21:56 · 1 answers · asked by natesilver7 2 in Desktops

Any ideas?
Thanks.
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2007-09-19 13:42:50 · 3 answers · asked by Amanda 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

This is probably a dumb question, but I'm wondering if I can upgrade my NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 with a 8600 GTS series.

Now, I have a PCI Express x16 slot. What I'm thinking is the NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 is intergrated because I can't find a graphics card for it. Would I just uninstall the graphics drivers I have now and insert an 8600 GTS in the PCI-Express slot and be alright?

Other notes: AMD Anthlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 1.87GB Ram.

If you could also let me know if I'm able to use an 8600 GTS card with that, that would also be helpful. Thanks!

2007-09-19 13:23:55 · 5 answers · asked by Ryan P 3 in Add-ons

2007-09-19 13:21:04 · 4 answers · asked by cubfan 2 in Monitors

i just brought this 2 new ram for my pc and its 2 gb and after installed work fine untill i test it out by playing a game.After a few minuetes it started to freez up and crash so i don't know why? pllzz help if anyone know this ...

2007-09-19 13:11:25 · 5 answers · asked by freelance812 2 in Other - Hardware

what is the motherboard, like whats it do for the computer, and whats the difference in the 300 dollar ones and the 50 dollar oes?

2007-09-19 13:05:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I just bought some RAM and my PC will not read it. The order form that came with my PC when I purchased it says my PC has DDR SDRAM 512MB (PC3200 Samsung) already in it. i wanted 512 more so when I went to the shop, and showed them my form, they pointed at some RAM for me to buy>D2PC400CL25-512MB (PC3200). i trusted the PC dude and when i got home and installed the RAM, my PC would not recognize it was there. this is very frustrating, i even tried putting the RAM in a different way and it made my PC not turn on so i just basically took the RAM out full of hatred and rage. is this the right type of RAM for my PC? did i get the wrong type?

2007-09-19 13:03:56 · 4 answers · asked by Sdafg Q 1 in Add-ons